Personal Violence (Transitional Provisions) Regulation 2025 (ACT)
Personal Violence (Transitional Provisions) Regulation 2025
SL2025-12
made under the
Personal Violence Act 2016
Republication No 2
Effective: 9 July 2025
Republication date: 9 July 2025
Regulation not amended
(republication for commenced provision)
About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Personal Violence (Transitional Provisions) Regulation 2025, made under the Personal Violence Act 2016 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 9 July 2025. It also includes any commencement, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 9 July 2025.
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.
Kinds of republications
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at type="disc">
authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies
unauthorised republications.
The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial changes
The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.
This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately before the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law are accessible on the ACT legislation register ( For more information, see the home page for this law on the register.
Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an individual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).
Personal Violence (Transitional Provisions) Regulation 2025
made under the
Personal Violence Act 2016
Contents
Page
1 Name of regulation 2
3 Modification of Act, pt 23—Act, s 211 (2) 2
4 Modification of Act, pt 24—Act, s 221 (2) 2
5 Expiry 2
Schedule 1 Modification of Act—pt 23 3
Schedule 2 Modification of Act—pt 24 4
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes 5
2 Abbreviation key 5
3 Legislation history 6
4 Amendment history 6
5 Earlier republications 7
Personal Violence (Transitional Provisions) Regulation 2025
made under the
Personal Violence Act 2016
Name of regulation
This regulation is the Personal Violence (Transitional Provisions) Regulation 2025.
Modification of Act, pt 23—Act, s 211 (2)
The Act, part 23 is modified by schedule 1.
Modification of Act, pt 24—Act, s 221 (2)
The Act, part 24 is modified by schedule 2.
Expiry
(1)This regulation expires on the day the Act, part 24 expires.
(2)However, section 3, schedule 1 and this subsection expire on the day the Act, part 23 expires.
Schedule 1Modification of Act—pt 23
(see s 3)
[1.1]New section 215 (3A)
insert
(3A)A protection order made against a child respondent is revoked on the commencement day.
Schedule 2Modification of Act—pt 24
(see s 4)
[2.1]Section 220, definition of child respondent, paragraph (b)
omit
family violence order
substitute
protection order
[2.2]New section 225 (3A)
insert
(3A)A protection order made against a child respondent is revoked on the commencement day.
Endnotes
About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
Abbreviation key
A = Act NI = Notifiable instrument AF = Approved form o = order am = amended om = omitted/repealed amdt = amendment ord = ordinance AR = Assembly resolution orig = original ch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph CN = Commencement notice pres = present def = definition prev = previous DI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously dict = dictionary pt = part disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule Assembly reloc = relocated div = division renum = renumbered exp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No Gaz = gazette RI = reissue hdg = heading s = section/subsection IA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule ins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision LA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law LR = legislation register sub = substituted LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced mod = modified/modification or to be expired
Legislation history
Personal Violence (Transitional Provisions) Regulation 2025 SL2025‑12
notified LR 8 July 2025
s 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 22 November 2023 (LA s 75 (2))
s 3, sch 1 taken to have commenced 22 November 2023 (s 2 (1) and see Justice (Age of Criminal Responsibility) Legislation Amendment Act 2023 A2023-45 s 2 (1))
s 4, sch 2 taken to have commenced 1 July 2025 (s 2 (2) and see Justice (Age of Criminal Responsibility) Legislation Amendment Act 2023 A2023-45 s 2 (3))
s 5 commenced 9 July 2025 (LA s 73 (2) (a))NoteRegulation exp 1 July 2030 (s 5 (1) and see Personal Violence Act 2016 A2016-43 s 222)
Amendment history
Commencement
s 2om LA s 89 (4)
Modification of Act, pt 23—Act, s 211 (2)
s 3exp 22 November 2028 (s 5 (2))
Expiry
s 5(2) exp 22 November 2028 (s 5 (2))
Modification of Act—pt 23
sch 1exp 22 November 2028 (s 5 (2))
Earlier republications
Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order.
Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical.
Republication No and date Effective Last amendment made by Republication for R1
8 July 202522 Nov 2023–
8 July 2025not amended new regulation
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